:00:21. > :00:27.The Chancellor, Phillip Hammond, has said the Government will not
:00:28. > :00:29.spend heavily in his budget on Wednesday, because it needs
:00:30. > :00:33."reserves in the tank" as it prepares to leave the EU.
:00:34. > :00:36.Mr Hammond said his job was to ensure the economy was resilient.
:00:37. > :00:40.He's also warned the EU that Britain will not slink off like a "wounded
:00:41. > :00:42.animal" if it does not secure the Brexit deal it wants.
:00:43. > :00:52.Our political correspondent, Susana Mendonca, reports.
:00:53. > :00:55.Don't expect bundles of cash to pop out of his red box on Wednesday.
:00:56. > :00:57.The Chancellor is not planning to go on
:00:58. > :01:02.He is under pressure to put more money into the
:01:03. > :01:04.NHS, to plug the growing funding gap in social
:01:05. > :01:07.care for the elderly, and
:01:08. > :01:12.to help small firms deal with rising business rates.
:01:13. > :01:16.But he is batting off suggestions that there is a Brexit
:01:17. > :01:19.If your bank increases your credit card
:01:20. > :01:22.limit, I don't think you feel obliged to go out and spend every
:01:23. > :01:30.I regard my job as Chancellor as making sure that our
:01:31. > :01:33.economy is resilient, that we have reserves in the tank
:01:34. > :01:36.so as we embark on the journey that we will be
:01:37. > :01:39.taking over the next couple of years.
:01:40. > :01:42.We are confident we have enough gas in the tank to see us
:01:43. > :01:46.Labour says the Government does not understand
:01:47. > :01:47.the pressures facing those on low income.
:01:48. > :01:51.We believe that there is a squeeze on
:01:52. > :01:54.living standards and we believe there should be a real living wage,
:01:55. > :01:58.We can tackle tax evasion, tax avoidance, which is
:01:59. > :02:02.on an industrial scale in this country.
:02:03. > :02:05.End the tax cuts to the rich, as we have seen under the
:02:06. > :02:06.Conservatives, and to the corporations and invest
:02:07. > :02:14.One area that will receive some funding
:02:15. > :02:18.19-year-olds come because the government wants to gear up Britain
:02:19. > :02:21.for the skills the country will need in a post-Brexit world.
:02:22. > :02:24.But what if that world does not include the kind
:02:25. > :02:29.of EU trade deal the Chancellor is expecting Britain to get?
:02:30. > :02:33.If there is anybody in the European Union who
:02:34. > :02:39.thinks that if we don't do a deal with the European Union, if we don't
:02:40. > :02:41.continue to work closely together Britain will simply slink off
:02:42. > :02:48.We have a great fighting spirit and will fight back.
:02:49. > :02:54.This is a Budget that will be under scrutiny
:02:55. > :02:59.seen through the prism of Brexit negotiations that lie ahead.
:03:00. > :03:05.Government forces in Iraq have renewed their assault
:03:06. > :03:07.against Islamic State extremists in western Mosul after a two-day
:03:08. > :03:11.They are reported to be within a few hundred metres
:03:12. > :03:12.of government buildings near the old city.
:03:13. > :03:15.of people have fled fled the fighting in
:03:16. > :03:37.Many remain trapped within the city, others decided to flee. They arrive
:03:38. > :03:44.in droves from western Mosul, one bus-load after another of civilians.
:03:45. > :03:52.In just over two hours we saw more than five buses arriving here. Isis
:03:53. > :03:57.were firing at us, most of the women died. We were all just running and
:03:58. > :04:02.running, the mortars raining on our heads, until we got to the Army.
:04:03. > :04:08.Some were grateful for the help of the army but these men said their
:04:09. > :04:12.homes were hit by army shelling. Almost everyone had to walk through
:04:13. > :04:18.the battlefield before reaching safety and getting on one of these
:04:19. > :04:22.buses. After a long and dangerous journey on foot and under fire from
:04:23. > :04:26.all sides, the refugees from western Mosul arrived here in Hamam al-Alil.
:04:27. > :04:32.They have escaped with their lives but their misery is not yet over.
:04:33. > :04:36.With such an unrelenting flow, the authorities can hardly keep up. And
:04:37. > :04:43.does this count reaches full capacity, the new arrivals get on
:04:44. > :04:47.the bus again, headed on the next stop on the journey of displacement.
:04:48. > :04:50.An investigation has begun after a man's body was discovered
:04:51. > :04:52.following a house fire in Hattersley in Greater Manchester.
:04:53. > :04:55.Officers were called following reports of a blaze at ten
:04:56. > :05:03.The victim has not yet been formally identified.
:05:04. > :05:06.The energy company SSE has apologised after some customers
:05:07. > :05:08.were quoted tens of thousands of pounds for a day's
:05:09. > :05:12.The error was caused by malfunctioning smart meters
:05:13. > :05:15.hugely overestimating the amount of energy usage.
:05:16. > :05:17.The company has said an investigation is under way,
:05:18. > :05:22.but that no customers will be charged for the erroneous amounts.
:05:23. > :05:29.China's economy is predicted to slow again this year,
:05:30. > :05:31.according to the country's Premier Li Keqiang.
:05:32. > :05:47.Speaking at the Annual National People's Congress in Beijing,
:05:48. > :05:49.Mr Li attributed the slow down to increasing global protectionism.
:05:50. > :05:52.Chairman Mao would still recognise China's parliament -
:05:53. > :05:53.rigid, authoritarian and unapologetically Communist.
:05:54. > :05:57.But every year the delegates turn up to hear their leaders warn
:05:58. > :05:59.of the increasingly complex challenges faced by a modern
:06:00. > :06:08.Potential risks cannot be overlooked, Li Keqiang said,
:06:09. > :06:10.warning that reforming China's economy is a process filled
:06:11. > :06:17.with promise but also accompanied by great pain.
:06:18. > :06:22.He spoke of the need to combat industrial overcapacity
:06:23. > :06:26.and to reform what he called zombie enterprises, the bloated state-owned
:06:27. > :06:32.sector producing far more coal and steel than the market needs.
:06:33. > :06:39.Similar pledges in the past have proved hard to fulfil.
:06:40. > :06:41.And he pledged to make China's skies blue again,
:06:42. > :06:44.outlining further targets for emissions cuts.
:06:45. > :06:46.Once again, these promises have been made before.
:06:47. > :06:51.China's parliament has very little control over
:06:52. > :06:54.the weighty issues of state, the big political and economic
:06:55. > :06:57.decisions that have been made weeks in advance by the communist party
:06:58. > :07:06.Premier Li also warned against growing protectionism,
:07:07. > :07:11.a thinly veiled reference to the policies of the new US
:07:12. > :07:14.president perhaps, and a reminder that as well as the economic risks
:07:15. > :07:19.at home, China is facing challenges on the international stage too.
:07:20. > :07:27.In boxing, Tony Bellew has upset the odds by beating David Haye
:07:28. > :07:32.in their heavyweight fight at the O2 arena in London.
:07:33. > :07:35.Haye dominated the first five rounds, but suffered an ankle injury
:07:36. > :07:39.in the sixth and retired in the eleventh.
:07:40. > :07:42.A memorial is to be built in northern France to honour
:07:43. > :07:44.the British soldiers and sailors who died during the D-Day landings
:07:45. > :07:48.The Government has said it will contribute ?21 million
:07:49. > :07:51.towards the building of the monument, which will
:07:52. > :07:56.on which the landings took place, as Robert Hall reports.
:07:57. > :07:59.NEWSREEL: This is it. They are on the beach.
:08:00. > :08:01.It was the largest operation of its kind ever mounted.
:08:02. > :08:06.In June 1944, an estimated 21,000 members of the British Armed Forces
:08:07. > :08:08.and Merchant Navy lost their lives as they fought alongside
:08:09. > :08:17.their allies to gain a foothold in occupied Europe.
:08:18. > :08:19.In the 70 years since the landings, veterans have returned
:08:20. > :08:25.to the Normandy beaches to remember the fallen.
:08:26. > :08:28.But there is no permanent memorial to the friends they lost.
:08:29. > :08:31.Now veterans had been told the government will contribute
:08:32. > :08:40.It will be erected in one of the French seaside towns that
:08:41. > :08:46.On each beach, there was roughly 1,200 on each
:08:47. > :08:50.plus God knows how many wounded, and seriously.
:08:51. > :08:56.So you can imagine the sights on those beaches.
:08:57. > :09:01.It was horrific. It was frightening.
:09:02. > :09:04.But, at the same time, all we young lads of 18,
:09:05. > :09:08.But, thank goodness, at last, there will be
:09:09. > :09:17.Surviving veterans are delighted their campaign has been rewarded.
:09:18. > :09:21.They and the government want the memorial to be completed in time
:09:22. > :09:26.for the 75th anniversary of the landings, in June 2019.
:09:27. > :09:35.You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.
:09:36. > :09:54.The next news on BBC One is at 25 to six.
:09:55. > :10:00.Hello, we will do the afternoon and indeed the rest of the week for you
:10:01. > :10:04.in just a second but first I want to remind you of the temperature
:10:05. > :10:07.profile across the British Isles in February, this is a snapshot for the
:10:08. > :10:12.whole of the winter. The temperatures for the most part were
:10:13. > :10:17.in Ireland of the spectrum. We have switched out of winter into spring
:10:18. > :10:19.on the 1st of March and wouldn't you just know it, the